BC Soccer announced Coquitlam Metro-Ford Soccer Club’s achievement of Club Charter
Standard 1, having met the outlined criteria in the categories of Technical,
Governance, and Administration. The program works to provide a BC Soccer supported
structured framework that benefits player development, provides best practices,
and builds a better future for soccer in BC.

“CMFSC is proud to have achieved our Club Charter - Standard One status, after
approximately two years of effort driven by Executive Director, Sara Maglio
and her team, with the support from CMFSC VP Joe Basic and the BC Soccer team,”
said Alex Barnetson, Coquitlam Metro-Ford SC President. "With over 4,000 players
and 750 plus volunteers, the project was a significant undertaking, however
well worth the effort of supporting a growing movement towards a standards-based
approach to delivery of community soccer services in BC!

Over the weekend of January 6th and January 7th, 18 coaches completed the Learn
to Train course and 23 coaches completed Soccer for Life. CMFSC believes that
just as players grow and develop their skills, coaches need to be given the
opportunity to develop the right tools to train these players. These BC Soccer
courses offer coaches a chance to observe coaching techniques and also a platform
to demonstrate their own abilities while receiving feedback from thoroughly
trained BC Soccer and Coquitlam Metro-Ford instructors. For more information
about Coaching Development, please click here.

Dante Marconato has been a proud member of CMFSC since a young age, playing his
way through youth into the MSL and BCSPL programs. Since graduating, and starting
his studies in Kinesiology at UBC, Dante has seamlessly transitioned from a
player to a coach. He has experience coaching with the BCSPL, MSL, and BC Games.
He has achieved such high standards in coaching as CSA B-National Certification
and NSCAA Advanced National Diploma. Dante is the current Assistant Coach of
the Langara College Women’s team and has been recently selected to coach in
the BC Soccer Provincial Program. Within CMFSC, Dante is a High-Performance
Academy Coach, as well as an Age Group Head Coach.

We are pleased to also announce Dante has been selected as Head Coach to CMFSC’s
BCSPL U13 Boys & Girls Intake Teams. Dante had to say of this new challenge,
“I look forward to the opportunity to work with these young players as they
enter the BCSPL. This program provides a platform for player development and
I am excited to coach both groups as they progress to their full potential.”

CMFSC’s Annual Mobilio Friendship Jamboree will kick-off on Saturday,
March 10th – Save the date! This year’s tournament will be
open to U8 – U12 House teams and U8 – U10 Development teams.
Team schedules will be distributed to teams directly and posted
on our website in February.

Coquitlam Metro-Ford Soccer Club continues to run one of BC's top girls and boys
programs. Be a part of one of BC's fastest growing and most successful soccer
clubs! We are now accepting applications for Coaching Positions for U11,
U12 Select and all Divisional teams for the 2018-2019 Fall Season. All new
and returning coaches must complete the application process found here.

To learn more about CMFSC’s Coach Development and Certification Pathway, please
click here.

CMFSC is grateful for its membership, the community at large and its
corporate partners for their respective support as without them
we would not be able to achieve the successes that we have had
as an organization.